By Mark D. Zimmerman
Allen Weisselberg, longtime Chief Financial Officer of the Trump Organization, pleaded guilty to 15 felony criminal charges including grand larceny, tax fraud, and falsifying business records. While he has not agreed to testify against Donald Trump, he is expected to testify against the Trump Organization in a trial scheduled to begin in a couple of months. Weisselberg must pay back hundreds of thousands of dollars in taxes which he illegally avoided paying, and he is expected to serve at least a few months in jail. Weisselberg lived in Wantagh, New York, and in 2004 his mother died. Donald Trump paid a shiva visit, and according to Weisselberg’s former daughter-in-law Jennifer Weisselberg, when Trump arrived and saw the modest home, he said, “This is where my C.F.O. lives? It’s embarrassing!” What else inappropriate did Donald Trump do at the shiva?
B. Trump approached many of the shiva attendees and began telling them about available apartments at Trump Tower, and that they should let Allen Weisselberg know if they would like more information.
C. Trump showed pictures to a number of the shiva attendees that were of nude women with Trump on a yacht.
D. Trump refused to wear a yarmulke when the shiva minyan service began, saying “Sorry. No way I’m putting that on top of my head.”
E. Trump was speaking to Allen Weisselberg and other family members when he said “I hope someday my daughter marries a nice Jewish boy, so when his mother dies I can throw a party like this.”